Teachers enrolled in this course will...

Know

• What mindfulness is
• Which concepts are integrated as mindful components?
• Which mindful practices can be appropriately integrated into your classroom to address your specific needs and concerns?

Understand

• How using your senses can be used to create mindful moments
• How body, breath, and mind become infused in mindful experiences •How the brain and body respond to stress
• How the brain and body respond to stress
• How the brain and body are relieved from stress when mindful practices are applied and observed

and Be Able To

• Use mindfulness to calm yourself prior to addressing a stressful situation
• Apply mindful lessons that accurately address your classroom dynamics
• Introduce least one new mindful lesson each week throughout this class
• Write and implement a mindful lesson that is inspired by an appropriate text for your students’ age/interests
• Use the data you collect to document which transformations, if any, have occurred since creating a mindful classroom